Urucara-Rio Jatapu

Occurrence in Amazonas, Brazil with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093723
MRDS ID W026202
Record type Site
Current site name Urucara-Rio Jatapu

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -57.99929, -2.08163 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amazonas(province)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Brazil Amazonas

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE IRON CONTENT OF ORES IS 60 %. PHOSPHORUS IS HIGH BETWEEN 0.3 % AND 1.0

Nearby scientific data

(1) -57.99929, -2.08163

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name River Jatapu Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALVARADO, BENJAMIN, 1970 , IRON ORE DEPOSITS IN SOUTH AMERICA, IN SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES -- OCCURRENCE AND APPRAISAL: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS P. 302 - 380. 433 QUN22S

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFERRED RESERVES, 200 MILLION METRIC TONS; TOTAL RESOURCES, 200 MILLION METRIC TONS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Cooper, Margaret (Shaffer, Glenn L.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.